Device for holding gloves and suspending a handbag from a support



July 25, 1950 2,516,760

J. A. DORAN DEVICE FOR HOLDING GLOVES AND SUSPENDING A HANDBAG FROM A SUPPORT Filed April 28. 1950 liiTiiiiiiimllllfl N VEN TOR. e/b'mesfl Ora/2' "aw/w ATTORNEYS.

Patented July 25, 1950 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE DEVICE FOR HOLDING GLOVES AND SUS- PENDING A HANDBAG FROM A SUPPORT 3 Claims.

This invention relates to a device for holding glovs to prevent their being lost and for supporting a handbag or other article.

A device has been used for attaching gloves to a handbag and also a device has been provided for suspending a handbag from a card table, shelf, or other similar support. These devices have heretofore always been separate structures and used separately.

One of the objects of this invention is to provide in a single article an arrangement for holding gloves and also for suspending the handbag from a support.

Another object of this invention is to utilize the weight of the handbag for holding the gloves and the handbag on the edge of a table support or the like.

Another object of this invention is to provide a device which may mount the gloves on the edge of a table, shelf, or similar support when utilized in connection with a handbag.

Another object of this invention is to provide a device which will function in either or both capacities as a bag suspendin device or as a glove holding device attached to a handbag.

With these and other objects in View, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, as will be more fully described and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device showing in dotted lines gloves as held between the jaws thereof with the device resting upon the edge of a table shown in section and supporting the handle of a handbag to suspend the handbag from the table;

Figure 2 is a sectional view through the device shown in closed position, as illustrated in Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure 2 but illustrating the device in open position;

Figure 4 is a plan view of the blank of one of the members before being folded into finished position; v

Figure 5 is a plan view of the blank of the other member;

Figure 6 is a perspective View illustrating the device as removed from the table shown in Figure 1 and being attached to the handle of the bag in a position which it would assume while the bag is being carried; and

Figure 7 is a sectional view of a modified form of one of the arms of the device.

In proceeding with this invention, I have provided a pair of members in pivotal relation forming a pair of jaws on one side of the pivot and a pair of arms secured to these jaws on the other side of the pivot. One of the arms provides an area to rest upon the upper surface of a shelf or table and the other arm is offset so it will be spaced from the first arm and lie vertically beneath it when it rests flat upon the table top, and to this second arm I have secured some attaching means such as a chain to pass through the handle of a handbag so that the weight of the handbag will serve to hold the device on a shelf or table with or without gloves or the like secured between the jaws. When it is desired to carry the handbag, it is merely necessary to lift the same from the table and permit the device to hang from the handle of the handbag still retaining the gloves in position. Thus, I may mount the gloves upon a table by using the handbag, or I may use the handbag to suspend the gloves from the handle thereof.

With reference to the drawings, I have provided two members designated generally l0 and l I the blanks of which are shown in Figures 4 and 5. Each comprises a strip of stock I2 and I3 with wings l4 and I5 extending laterally therefrom which are bent up at right angles to the strips l2 and I3 and are provided with openings l6 and I! to register one with the other when bent at right angles and telescoped together to receive a hollow rivet l8 therethrough to pivotally relate the members it) and H, as shown in Figures 2 and 3. Jaws I9 and extend on one side of the wings l4 and I5 and the ends of these jaws are rolled as at 2| and 22 with the ends of the rolls closed by ears 23 and 24 so as to provide a smooth outer surface as claimed in my application, Serial No. 145,449. These outer free rolled ends are urged into contacting engagement by a spring 25 coiled around the rivet pin l8 with its arms 26 and 21 pressing against the members It] and II on the side of the pivot away from the jaws. The member Ill has an arm 28 forming a continuation of the jaw l9 and extending on the opposite side of the pivot from the jaw I9 which is somewhat enlarged as at 29 and provides a generally flat under surface 30 to which a friction or cushion pad 31 such as rubber may be secured. 'This provides an area which ma rest upon the upper surface 32 of a shelf or table 33.

The member I l on the opposite side of the pivot from the jaw 20 has an arm 34 longer than the arm 28 and from a point adjacent the pivot this arm has a portion extending downwardly as at 35 (see Figure 2) with the arm portion 36 extending substantially parallel to the arm 28 but,

spaced therefrom a sufilcient distance so as to permit the edge of the table or shelf 33 to extend between the arm 28 and the arm portion 30. This portion ll extends beneath the arm 28 and the supporting area ii a distance so that a downward or gravitational pull perpendicularly away from the surface 3| will fall within the area of the surface 3|. Openings 3! are provided in the ends of this arm u and a chain 38 has one of its ends 3! fixedly secured to one of these openings and its other end provided with sister hooks or other connection III for detachably securing it to the opening 31. This chain 38 passes through the handle 4| of the handbag l2 and is secured in position by the chain.

The stock of the member ID is shaped to provide a rib l3 and the stock of the member II is shaped to provide a rib 44 to stiffen these members and provide the proper strength when the device is in use, as shown in Figure 1.

In some cases I provide a suction cup ill on the arm 2| which is in such case deflected as at 5! (Figure '7) with a rivet 52 passing through the deflected portion to hold the cup in place and provides a better friction grip on the table or shelf.

The jaws l8 and 2! are shaped so as to form a glove receiving hollow between them, as shown in Figures 1 and 2. In use, the jaws may be swung apart, as shown in Figure 3, so that gloves shown in dotted lines at 45 in Figure 1 or Figure 6 may be positioned into these jaws and held in the hollow thereof, and the device will be attached to the handbag by passing the chain 38 through the handbag handle 4|. If it is desired to mount the gloves upon the edge of a shelf or a table, such as a card table, it is merely necessary to rest the arm 28 with its rubber or fiber under surface on the top edge of the table 32 and allow the handbag to be suspended from the other arm, as shown in Figure 1. The weight of the bag will hold the device on the table and the gloves mounted on the edge of the table, thus accomplishing a mounting for the gloves and a mounting for the bag by the weight of the bag holding the entire assembly in position. The friction pad 3| provides sufflcient friction to prevent the assembly from being jarred from the table.

While I have referred to a handbag as aweight to mount the device on a table, other articles may serve as an equivalent for such weighting.

I claim:

1. In a glove holder, a pair of jaws, means to pivot said Jaws together, said jaws having contacting ends and shaped to coniointly form a glove receiving hollow between them, each jaw having an arm on the other side of the pivot means for manipulation of the jaws, one arm having an area to rest upon the upper surface of a shelf or table and the other arm spaced from and beneath it and means to attach an article to said second arm to act as a weight by which gravity acts to hold the first arm in contact with the shelf or table.

2. A glove holder as in claim 1 wherein said jaws and arms are provided with reinforcing means to resist gravity pull while mounted on the table.

3. In a glove holder, 9. pair of jaws, means to pivot said jaws together, spring means to swing the laws about the pivot means to cause their ends to contact and said jaws being shaped to conjointly form a glove receiving hollow between them, each jaw having an arm extending on the other side of the pivot for manual manipulation of the jaw about said pivot means, one of the arms having a surface adapted to rest upon a table top and the other arm so shaped as to extend below and under the table and having means to carry a weight by which gravity may act to hold the first arm in contact with the table top.

JAMES A. DORAN.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 980,162 Meyer Dec. 27, 1910 2,357,375 Atkinson Sept. 5, 1944 2,366,041 Morehouse Dec. 26, 1944 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 23,211 Great Britain of 1907 

